Our New Anahuac

The media does not seem to shy away from reminding us that our young Latina girls have the highest teen pregnancy rate in the county. About one million teenage girls in the United States, or one in three, gets pregnant before they turn 20. More than 80 percent of those pregnancies are unintended and unintentional, [...]

First and foremost, thank you to Citlali Chavana, who is typing this post for her jefito due to his broken pinky. No doubt she will one day be a great writer/fashion designer/actress/whatever she wants to be. Last Fridayish, Attorney General Eric Holder held a press conference in which he explained why some of the 9-11 criminals [...]

I think that one of the most difficult things for our people to grasp is the long-term danger of the use of such words as Latino and Hispanic.  These terms were born of an attitude of white supremacy among  Spanish and Portuguese speakers. It is shocking for some to realize that there are Hispanic Neo-Nazis [...]

A question was posed as to whether welfare recipients should have to get drug tested since many government employees must get tested. Here is my response. In my opinion, the discussion turned into people complaining about how welfare recipients scam the system and drive around in better cars and buy better food than non-welfare recipients: [...]

Every year, Macario Ramirez shares his knowledge of building a Dia De Los Muertos altar.  Every October Saturday at 10AM at his Heights art shop, Casa Ramirez, he teaches for an hour what he has learned during his life about making our ancestors feel welcomed back in our midst.  My daughter and have been keeping an [...]

“You can bequeath investments.  You can bequeath wealth, but you can also bequeath knowledge from one generation to the next”-Ryan Mack on CNN I fully believe that only a holistic approach to improving our gente will ultimately lead to our liberation and to Our Restoration (O/R).  However, dealing with our community holistically is a gigantic task.  [...]

It seems simple enough: any movement which intends to create revolutionary change, must be rooted in revolutionary values. Movements which focus on incremental change are very valuable and push us to the point where we look to revolutionary change. Once there, we will deconstruct the old values which we have been programmed with and push [...]